Surprise, surprise, those Republican candidates who drone on about Donald Trump not really being a conservative may be right. But the perplexing question for
Category: Republican Brain
Survey: Who blames the poor for being poor?
In our recent poll* on how Americans feel about important political issues, we asked the question, “In your opinion, what is the primary reason
A glimpse into Republican and Democratic brains
It is no secret that political polarization has increased in the United States in recent years. For those who heard President Obama speak on
What we’ve learned from right wing reaction to Obama, and now Trump
On January 27, 1998, in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky revelations, Hillary Clinton appeared on the Today show and said, “The great story
The elusive connection we have to truth
Perhaps it’s always been this way; humankind has been more motivated by emotions than reason and the primary emotion that generates beliefs is fear.
Judeo-Christian values? How about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights instead?
Following the attacks in Paris, Republican Presidential candidate and Ohio Governor John Kasich said that he wants to set up an agency with a
Pappy Bush and McCain gave green light to GOP extremists
The Republican Party has strayed so far from “societal norms” or “polite company” in recent years that it has caused some to ask, “Where
Scarborough’s misconceptions about liberals in the media
Daily Kos called Joe Scarborough the “resident Republican blowhard on MSNBC.” Daily Kos and many other on the left-leaning outlets have taken Scarborough to
Why journalists engage in so many false equivalencies
For some time, we have been examining why Republicans look at things so differently from Democrats. Much has been written about the Republican brain
Maslow’s hierarchy of needs vs. the Republican pyramid of political values
You may have heard of Abraham Maslow’s hierarchy of human needs. He cites five levels of growth, beginning with what a newborn infant needs